Career
Opportunities
Mother & baby Matters is searching for loving caregivers to provide guidance and support to new mothers in VA/MD/DC.
Career opportunities at Mother & baby Matters are Independent Contractor positions, with no guaranteed hours per week and no employee benefits.
We are currently recruiting for postpartum doulas, family care assistants and overnight care assistants. To learn more about these position, click on the links below. For more information, you may also enjoy reading
A Day in the
Life of a Doula.
Training
Postpartum Doula Training
Mother & baby Matters
typically holds two trainings for Postpartum Doulas every year, one in the Spring and the other in the Fall.
This is a comprehensive Postpartum
Doula Basic Training that runs for
three days. It includes the following topics:
- The Role of the Doula, Administrative Policies
- Role as a Doula: a personal perspective/Tools of the Trade
- Newborn Care
- Postpartum Mother Care
- Independent Contractor Status/Taxes
- Infection Control
- Breastfeeding
For more details, click here for
a training
schedule outline.
Labor Support Doula Training
At this time, Mother & baby Matters is not scheduling Labor Support
Doula Trainings. We may be offering them again in the future. Those interested in Labor Support Doula Trainings can contact CAPPA and DONA for training schedules.
Educational Opportunities
D.I.N.O.V.A (Doula Institute of Northern Virginia)
is the Educational Component of Mother & baby Matters, which
specializes in educating and training professional Doulas, as well as providing a means of Certification.
Minimum
Requirements
New Doula/Family Care Assistant
- Mothering experience preferred
- Current Infant/Child/Adult CPR
- Current negative TB test
- Current drivers license
- Documentation of Immigration status (green card, etc) if applicable
- References
- Interview
- Criminal Background check will be done
- To become a Doula, may start as Doula-in-training and then must attend next Doula Training
Returning Former Staff Associate
(Doula/FCA)
- Re-Interview
- Current Infant/Child/Adult CPR
- Current negative TB test
- Current drivers license
- Documentation of Immigration status (green card, etc) if applicable
- References
- To become a Doula, must attend next Doula Training
(at no charge) as a refresher
Enrollment
For enrollment in our training
classes, please complete our Contact Form or complete
an application and mail or email
it to our office:
Mother & baby Matters, Inc.
12001 Market Street, Suite 301
Reston, VA 20190-6207
703-787-4007 phone
703-787-8433 fax
Email: office@motherandbabymatters.com
